Independence Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/independence/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Fri, 18 Nov 2022 14:27:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Independence Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/independence/ 32 32 67616479 Africa’s forgotten colony in the Sahara https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/africas-forgotten-colony-in-the-sahara/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/africas-forgotten-colony-in-the-sahara/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 18 Nov 2022 11:55:07 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=72453 Rich in resources but largely unrecognised, those in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic eke out a livelihood under harsh conditions.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/africas-forgotten-colony-in-the-sahara/feed/ 0 72453 Decolonisation is a material struggle https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/decolonisation-is-a-material-struggle/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/decolonisation-is-a-material-struggle/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 15 Jun 2022 19:58:16 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=70856 Decolonisation is not an academic event or philosophical discourse alone but a practice rooted in the material struggles of the peoples. It is about moving from armchair discourse to one grounded in the lives and afterlives of the dispossessed majority of the Global South.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/decolonisation-is-a-material-struggle/feed/ 0 70856 Ghana’s Fourth Republic has been the best the country’s had. But it could be better https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/ghanas-fourth-republic-has-been-the-best-the-countrys-had-but-it-could-be-better/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/ghanas-fourth-republic-has-been-the-best-the-countrys-had-but-it-could-be-better/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 15 Jun 2022 19:40:17 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=70853 Ghana’s civil society has contributed to taming the power of a strong state.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/ghanas-fourth-republic-has-been-the-best-the-countrys-had-but-it-could-be-better/feed/ 0 70853 Claim no easy victories: What I learnt from Amilcar Cabral https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/what-i-learnt-from-amilcar-cabral/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/what-i-learnt-from-amilcar-cabral/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 19 May 2022 06:49:19 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=70539 A contemplation on a righteous and revolutionary life. The writer here goes through a preliminary meditation so as to inspire and return to the source, the current struggle and context of the continent. Grounding it in the life of Amilcar Cabral and the people he struggled with.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/what-i-learnt-from-amilcar-cabral/feed/ 0 70539 Kenyan government accused of blocking British payout to Mau Mau victims https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/kenyan-government-accused-of-blocking-british-payout-to-mau-mau-victims/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/kenyan-government-accused-of-blocking-british-payout-to-mau-mau-victims/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 17 May 2022 04:04:15 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=70494 Compensation to Kenya’s Mau Mau veterans and detention victims has been long overdue. Even with the British court ruling in favour of a £19.9 Million payout, the Kenyan government is allegedly standing in the way.

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